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Summary: Good Book, but very Anti-Jobs
Review: People just don't give Steve Jobs his due credit. While I did like this book a lot, the author was going for the more "excentric" Jobs as opossed to the real man. Apple would have died if not for Steve's leadership. They now have the most exciting products on the market... this is not just due to luck!
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Summary: A Brilliant Man and His Story
Review: Steve Jobs co-founded one of the largest computer companies in the world and has survived verbal attacks, hero worship, skepticism, triumph, failure, a less than pleasant parting from his company and a courageous return to it. This is the life of Steve Jobs and this book does a wonderful job of chronicling it. Love him, hate him or be somewhere in between, Jobs is a fascinating man who has led, and continues to lead a turbulent and spectacular life. Through the numerous interviews the author has presented to us how Jobs' peers view him. This is a rare glimpse into the private life of one of America's best known executives, a man who, some say, began a technology revolution.This book might increase or decrease your respect for Steve Jobs, but no matter what, it is sure to entertain.
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Summary: Wonderful, varied, and fair
Review: Steve Jobs is a powerful man with a tight grip on his image. The fact that this book was even written is a testament to Deutschman's dedication. I heard that Jobs even leaned on the press to avoid publicizing the book.
After the reading the book, I don't even know why he was pushing so hard. Yes, there's some dirt about his love life, but most of the story is generally good news about a hard working guy with a knack for finding great designs. The chapters about Pixar are a great addition to the history of that company and an important reminder that Jobs helped build two world-class companies.
I read it with pleasure.
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Summary: Not very good at all
Review: The author's writing style is atrocious. He doesn't make Jobs into a fun character to read about, instead he's annoying and the book is annoying to muddle through. It's a real shame because it could have been a blast. Thank God it had a story about Bill Gates prank calling Jobs or it would have been a total waste.
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Summary: Not very good at all
Review: The author's writing style is atrocious. He doesn't make Jobs into a fun character to read about, instead he's annoying and the book is annoying to muddle through. It's a real shame because it could have been a blast. Thank God it had a story about Bill Gates prank calling Jobs or it would have been a total waste.
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Summary: Inspiring, Insightful, A Legend
Review: The Second Coming of Steve Jobs is a balanced representation of Steve's struggle to reclaim the popularity and wealth he once had. This book depicts his struggles with his company NeXT, the evolution of Pixar, and his journey back to Apple to turn around his troubled child. The Second Coming depicts Steve as a charismatic business man that sought perfection and would stop at nothing to achieve it. Through his struggles with Pixar and NeXT, Steve always had a vision of how his achievements would fall into place. This book is inspiring to those with entrepreneurial interests and is a great glimpse into one of the "Hollywood like" celebrities of Silicon Valley. Steve Job's effect on people and the representation of his life at home is inspiring and one of a kind. Steve Job's acquirement of Pixar turned out to be yet one of his best inventions. His passions for computer hardware and his love of computer software is what made him one of the found and leading fathers of the computer industry in the present day. This book is highly recommended to those with interest in Apple Computer, Pixar, or Steve Job's himself. The Second Coming remains an easy read and is informative in explaining the events that took place that are documented in favor or against Steve in the media.
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Summary: Excellent and well balanced, but rushed at the end...
Review: This book is a great look into the life of Steve Jobs...From his "Good Steve" personality to his "Bad Steve" personality, this book examines his life after his exile from Apple in the mid-80's. It follows his life through the buildup and eventual failure of NeXT, and also through this "hobby" a.k.a. Pixar.
The book offers an objective look into his life, including his non-involvement with Pixar, his denial of his first child, Lisa, and many other aspects of his life.
I would have enjoyed this book further, if it went into his rivalry with Bill Gates further. Also, I felt that the latter half that dealt with his return to Apple, was rushed. I was mostly interested in reading about his ideas and developments of Apple in the late 90's. This would include his passion about the iMac, and his motivation towards the G4 Cube.
This is an excellent book if you are interested in the history of computer/information technologies, or are an Apple fan and want to learn more about the Apple "messiah."
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Summary: insightful and fair portrait
Review: This book is a very compelling read--fast-paced and full of colorful and revealing anecdotes. It portrays Steve Jobs as a fascinatingly complex figure, someone who is highly intelligent, creative, passionate, and inspiring but whose rage for perfection leads him to verbally abuse and humiliate his colleagues and friends and to act in self-destructive ways. I thought the writer did a good job of showing the complex facets of this extraordinary personality. The book seems fair and well reported. I've been put off by other authors who have been blindly worshipful of Silicon Valley moguls ("eBoys" and "New New Thing" come to mind) so it's refreshing that this book gives a more realistic look at what really happens at high-tech companies. I was especially interested by the eye-opening look behind the scenes at the Pixar movie studio, where the author reveals that Jobs lost a power struggle with John Lasseter for creative control. And the sections about Jobs's return to Apple have some fascinating close-up details, like the scene of Jobs crying when he first viewed the "Think Different" ads or the time when Jobs spied on the private e-mail of a mid-level employee. Overall, a very enjoyable read.
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Summary: I don't think Deutschman likes Steve Jobs
Review: This is a dreadful book. It is poorly written, and becomes extremely choppy toward the end. Makes me wonder if the author had to hurry to meet his deadline and threw together bits that he hadn't fully developed. In fact, much of the book is poorly developed, there is very little flow. The author seems to be writing for a high school rag citing all the petty grievances that he can dredge up from any disagreement with Steve Jobs. I don't expect Steve Jobs to be a saint--visionaries of his stature would frequently leave behind a trail of disgruntled ex-employees. But their tiny stories, compiled by an biased and obviously angry author, make for a pretty poor book.
